Never Call Retreat ends Catton’s Civil War saga
Bruce Catton’s finale to his centennial Civil War history argues the narrative remains vivid and revelatory. The review lauds Catton’s source-honed synthesis of military and political strands, notes Gettysburg’s turning point, emancipation’s delayed impact, and the ragged endurance of Lee’s Army, ending with a praise of Catton’s narrative drama and irony.
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Bruce Catton
Appomattox
Catton
van Lee
Fredericksburg
Orth
South
Chant
Sherman
Northern
Virginia
Lee
Army of the Potomac
Army of
Gettysburg
Mississippi Valley
Grant
Chickamauga
Lincoln
Lincolnn
Confederacy
Hunter
Howell Cobb
Massachusetts
Battery Wagner
Charleston
Davis
Richmond
Bruce Dalton
Jackson
Chancellorsville
Joe" Hooker
Rappahannock
Washington
Brock Road
Napoleons wars a new approach
A review of two Napoleonic histories by Manceron and Brett-James. The critic credits Manceron with a vivid yet cautious dramatization of Austerlitz and the Grand Army, while praising Brett-James for his day by day extracts from contemporary writings. The piece notes vivid battle scenes, strategic background, and the retelling of the 1812 Russian campaign with a documentary feel.
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Manceron
Napoleon
Popers
Austerlitz
Brett-James
Grand Army
Europe
Rhine
Moscow
Brett-Tames
Stendhal
Brett- James
Wit and World War Echoes in Cheshires Bookshop Display
A compiled collection of wit from Sir Robert Menzies and a novel by Lederer and Burdick are highlighted alongside a features on Kruschev’s fall and Wallace’s career. Cheshires Bookshop announces Teach Yourself titles with home study kits and a special display next week.
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Robert Menzies
Ray Robinson
Australia
Martin Pape
David Burg
Kruschev
Wallace
Spandau Prison
Rolls-Royce
Geisha Guild
Tokyo
Cheshires
Ise
Jude
Memorial volume on Australian literature seminar papers
A memorial volume edited by Clement Semmler and Derek Whitelock reproduces eleven seminar papers from New England University in January 1965. It includes brief prefatory material and appendices with group findings. Critics note dated statements, balanced yet cautious tone, and few fresh insights. the piece reflects a lively but limited discussion with signatures for signatories.
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Australia
New England University
Robert Madgwick
Clement Semmler
Derek Whitelock
Nsw
Donald McLean
Colin Roderick
Hansard
Judith Wright
Max Harris
Ern Malley
Bach
Harris
Professor Piper
To the Oyster To the Oyster
Eleanor Clark chronicles Locmariaquer揭 oyster industry and village life blending sensory prose with legends and modern local figures. The book links armoricaine oysters to sea imagery and life itself while recounting Abelard’s exile nearby and the town’s traditions through sharply observed vignettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locmariaquer
Miss Clark
Sydney Rock
Membre de l'Institut
Abelard
Heloise
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys
Swinnerton and Pollard Challenge Victorian Literary Minds
A review contrasts Frank Swinnerton’s Galaxy of Fathers with Arthur Pollard’s Mrs Gaskell study. Swinnerton, at 82, extols minor eighteenth century fathers and their daughters while highlighting Edgeworth and Burney. Pollard’s old fashioned, accessible critique reassesses Mrs Gaskell, noting biographical context and the novels’ relevance, though lacking overt humor.
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Galsworthys
Maughams, Hudsons
Beerbahms
Dickens
George Eliot
Stevenson
George Gissing
Swinnerton
Canon Seward
Lichfield
Charles Burney
Richard Lovell Edgeworth
John Mitford
George Crabbe
Maria
Castle Rackrent
Charlotte
Dr Burney
Fanny
Mary Russell Mitford
Arthur Pollard
Mrs Gaskell
Crawford
Gaskell
Pollard
Ward in paperback Ward in paperback analysis
The Australian Legend by Russel Ward, first published in 1958, is reissued by Oxford University Press as a paperback edition priced at 185 dollars. The edition includes bibliography and index and carries the Seapers to the second edition.
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Russel Ward
Oxford University Press
Seapers
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Gollancz
Price
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Borodino
Vasili Vereshchagin
Neapoleon
Russia
Anthony Brett-James
Claude Manceron
George Allen
Unwin
Anthony Brett- James
Macmillan
Bohemia
English Channel
Danube
Austria
Bate
Tess van Soumners
Rigby
Miss van Soumers
Queensland
Eric Worrell
Angus and Robertson
New Guinea
Education Dept
Literary
By Dougal MacDonald
Eleanor Clark
Leonid
Martin Secker
Warburg
Mess Clark
Robert Penn Warren
Maurice Dunlevy
Fathers
Frank Swinnerton
Ntchinson
Manchester University Press
Prank Swinnerton
Ward
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